Sash-holder.



J. N. HILTON.

SA$H, HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED we. 26. 1908.

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APPLiGATION FILED And. 26. 1908:

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JASPER N. HILTON,

OF DAYTON, OHIO.

' SASH-I-IOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

Application filed August 26, 1908. Serial No. 450,302.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JASPER N. HILTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a sash holder.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a sash holdercomprising a plate fixed to the upper rail of a lower window sash, apivotal latch member, a keeper fixed to the lower rail of an upperwindow sash and adapted to be engaged by the latch to lock the windowsashes in a closed position, a cam lever pivotally supported by saidplate and adapted to be moved into frictional engagement with the sideof the upper sash to hold the sashes in various open adj usted positionsand spring controlled means for locking the cam lever against movement.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a sash holder whichis simple in construction, eflicient in operation, inexpensive in themanufacture and that can be conveniently and readily manipulated.

With these and other objects in view, the invention for example,consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter more fully de scribed and as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings which disclose the preferred form of embodiment ofthe invention. However, it is to be understood, that changes andvariations may be made such as come properly within the scope of theclaim hereunto appended without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a top plan view of the meeting rails ofupper and lower window sashes with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2is a vertical section through the meeting rails of the upper and lowersashes and a side elevation of the invention with the cam lever beingshown out of frictional engagement with the upper sash. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view on the line 4t of Fig. 1. Fig. 1- is a frontview of the window lock. Fig. 5 is a side View of the cam lever. Fig. 6is an end View of the window lock. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of thewindow lock.

the meeting rail of the upper window sash and 6 the meeting rail of thelower Window sash having secured thereto adjacent to the side orvertical rail of the upper window sash a base plate 7 by screw fasteners8 and which base plate has a thickened portion 9 extendinglongitudinally of the inner edge thereof. Upon the thickened portion 9is a latch member 10 pivoted as at 11 and having a hook terminal 12 toengage an inverted U-shaped loop forming a bill 13 of a keeper 14arranged in the path of movement of the hook terminal 12 and fixed byscrew fasteners 15 to the upper face of the meeting rail 5 of the uppersash. Said latch member is also provided with a lever 16 at right anglesto the hook terminal and adapted to be manually operated to throw thelatter into locking engagement with the inverted U-shaped bill 13 of thekeeper and when in such engagement will securely hold the upper andlower sashes in a closed locked position.

Rising from the base plate 7 are spaced cars 17 supporting a horizontalpin 18 forming a pivot for a window sash holder com-.

prising a cam 19 eccentrically mounted on the pivot between the ears 17and formed with a lever 20 for manually operating the cam. In a portionof the, peripheral edge of the cam 19 is fitted a rubber strip forming ashoe 21 to frictionally engage the side rail of the upper window sashwhen the lever 20 is thrown to shift the cam 19 on its pivot to hold theupper and lower window sashes against movement after having been openedto any desired degree or closed.

Projecting from the cam 19 are a plurality of ratchet teeth 22 forengagement with a locking pawl or dog 23 the same having its pivot stem24 mounted and projecting into a raised hollow portion 25 formed on thebase plate and which stem 24 has its lower end split as at 26 to receiveone end of a fiat tension spring 27 mounted in the hollow portion 25 ofthe base plate. Projecting at right angles from the pawl or dog 23 is anarm having an enlarged thumb head 28 whereby the said pawl or dog can beactuated to release the same from engagement with the ratchet teeth 22of the cam so as to permit movement of the latter by its lever 20 tofree the same from locked engagement l With the side rail of the uppersash and thereby permit the upper and lower sashes to be moved to anydesired position. It is obvious that this cam 19 when moved by the lever20 into locked engagement With the side rail of the upper sash the upperand lower sashes Will be prevented from rattling due to Windy Weatherand alsoit is impossible to move the said sashes When so locked.

WVhat is claimed is i i The combination With upper and lower Windowsashes, of a base plate fixed to one meeting rail,'spaced ears risingfrom said base plate, a cam eccentrically mounted between the ears andhaving a manually operable lever, a rubber shoe carried by the cam,ratchet teeth projecting from the cam, and a spring controlled lockingdog pivotally mounted on the base plate and engaging the ratchet teethto hold the cam in locked adjusted position.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

J ASPER N. HILTON. Witnesses C. BITTER, JnNNin BROCK.

